Canada Yearbook - 1920

DOMINION LEGISLATION, 1920 719
Settlement of Returned Soldiers.—Chapter 19 amends the
Soldier Settlement Act of 1919 by providing that "settler" shall
include male settler only and by providing for requiring additional
security for advances; it also empowers the Board to vary terms of
payments on unimproved lands and on sales of stock and equipment,
to determine character of land and to require repayment on sales
of seed grain and feed or advances for taxes and insurance. The
settler is required when indebted to the Board to insure property
in favour of Board. Chapter 54 provides for the insurance of returned
soldiers up to Sept. 1, 1922. This contract of insurance does not
necessarily require a medical examination. The monthly rates for
$1,000 insurance payable at death for a person 18 years of age are
$1.04 for life and pro rata according to the age or the number of years
for which payable. If a beneficiary on the death of the insured
is entitled to a pension the present value of the pensions shall be
deducted from the benefit payable and there shall be returned to the
beneficiary the proportion of the premiums paid (with interest at
4 p.c.) which the amount of the said deduction is of the total amount
assured. The insurance is unassignable and not liable to creditors.
Shipping.—Chapter 5 amends the Canada Shipping Act with
respect to requirements of certificates of service as masters and
mates. Chapter 6 amends the Canada Shipping Act by prescribing
rules and regulations respecting steamboat inspection; it also provides
for a yearly duty to be paid by the owner of every steamboat registered
in Canada. Chapter 38 amends the Canada Snipping Act respecting
sick and distressed mariners, empowering Minister to rent and equip
premises for hospitals and make provisions for the temporary care
of distressed seamen; masters may send sick mariners to any marine
hospital where they shall be received gratuitously; assistance may
also be rendered to shipwrecked or distressed seamen. Chapter 70
lays down conditions under which assistance may be given for the
building in Canada of vessels of 3,000 tons or over.
Treaty with Bulgaria.—Chapter 4 carries into effect the
treaty of peace between Canada and Bulgaria.
Miscellaneous.—Chapter 15 confirms an agreement between
the Dominion and the Corporation of the City of Ottawa in respect
of the continuation of certain payments made by the Government
to Ottawa city; by the Act the Government agrees to pay $75,000
annually for 5 years from July 1, 1919, which with $150,000
annually for 10 years granted in 1919 to the Ottawa Improvement
Commission is accepted as payment in full for the water supply
and for water sprinkling, fire protection, etc., for government purposes;
the Government also agrees to maintain and keep in repair
certain bridges and sidewalks, and to be subject to local improvement
rates. The provisions by which employees of the Government
were exempt from income tax by the Corporation are cancelled.
Chapter 16 amends the Mint Act by increasing the yearly payment
for defraying the expenses of the mint from $110,000 to $200,000.
Chapter 20, section 5, subsection 2, amends the Technical Education